at about 22 : 00 , a barrage from twelve 105 mm ( 4 @ . @ 1 in ) guns hit tam ##ura ' s position . in response , two companies of tam ##ura ' s troops — numbering about 320 men — charged up hill 80 with fixed bay ##one ##ts behind their own barrage of mortar fire and grenades . tam ##ura ' s attack hit company b of the marine parachute battalion and also raider company b , pushing the para ##chu ##tist ##s off the east side of the ridge into a draw below the ridge ##line . to protect the exposed raider company b , eds ##on immediately ordered them to pull back onto hill 123 . at the same time
at about 22 : 00, a barrage from twelve 105 mm ( 4 @. @ 1 in ) guns hit tamura's position. in response, two companies of tamura's troops — numbering about 320 men — charged up hill 80 with fixed bayonets behind their own barrage of mortar fire and grenades. tamura's attack hit company b of the marine parachute battalion and also raider company b, pushing the parachutists off the east side of the ridge into a draw below the ridgeline. to protect the exposed raider company b, edson immediately ordered them to pull back onto hill 123. at the same time